Bag-holder



H. D. WOODBRIDGE.

BAG HOLDER.

' No. 438,114. Patented July 29,1890.

qwiimaoom M W; is 611mm vertical section, a series of bags being mountedUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY D. VVOODBRIDGE, OF NEXVARK, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

srncmca'rmn forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,114, dated July 29,1890.

Application filed March 18, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY D. XVOODBRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Bag- Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to devices for supporting in a removableposition paper bags for use in retail stores employing such wrappers;and among the objects of the invention is to provide a cheap and simpledevice for yieldingly supporting a series of bags adapted to besuccessively withdrawn as required.

WVith the above objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of con struction hereinafter specified, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a holderconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central inposition.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In practicing the invention the holder is constructed in a single pieceof spring-wire, and the details of construction are as follows: Theblank of wire of suitable length is first doubled upon itself or bent atits center upon a mandrel to form a loop or eye 1, after which the twoterminals are diverged, as at 2, and bent at an angle to the eye 1,forming a hearing portion 3. After diverging for a short distance, thetwo terminals are bent rear- Wardly to form a series of coils 4, saidcoils being formed upon a suitable mandrel or in other desired manner.After forming the coils 4 the terminals extend upward a short distance,and are laterally bent to form eyes 5, through which are insertedsecuring-screws (5, whereby the holder may be rigidly connected with anyfixed object. Beyond the eye 5 the terminal extends upwardly for a shortdistance, and is then bent laterally at each side of the holding portion2, as at 7, and are bent to the Serial No. 344,385. (No model.)

front to form bag-embracing arms 8, the ends of which are bent to formeyes 9.

The package of bags is introduced into the holder by inserting thefinger in the eye 1 and drawing said eye and the spring-holding portion2 to the front, and after the bags have been inserted between thebag-embracing arms 8, and so that their lower ends rest upon thoseportions of the terminals at each side of the spring-coils i, thespring-holding portions release and serve to snugly press the bags inposition. The embracing-arms 8 may be arranged at varying distancesapart, so as to accommodate bags of various capacities and hold thebagsin proper alignment, and the entire structure also relativelyincreased in size. I11 placing the bags in the holder, the package ofbags is inverted, so that their doubled ends adapt them to be morereadily grasped by the operator for withdrawal, and also, their closedends being up, the entrance of dust within the bags is obviated.

Having described my invention and its op eration, what I claim is- 1.The herein-described bag-holder, formed of a single piece of spring-wirebent at its center to form the eye 1, and havingits terminals divergedat 2, thence rearwardly coiled at 4, upwardly and outwardlybent to formscrewreceiving eyes 5, horizontally bent at 7, and forwardly bent, as at8, to form embracingarms, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described bag-holder, formed of a single piece ofspring-wire bent upon itself at its center and having its terminalsdownwardly-disposed and converged, rearwardly bent to form supports,upwardly bent and provided with screw-receiving eyes, and terminating inforwardlydisposed embracing-arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. \VOODBRIDGE. lVitnessesz EDWARD KIBLER, S. 11. WHITE.

